WEBVTT >> IT IS UNLIMITED POTENTIAL, WHAT WE CAN DO FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND PEOPLE LOVE IT. >> I GO TO THE GROCERY STORE, THE BANK, EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT THE QUEEN OF HEARTS. >> MIKE MULROONEY AND KHALIL BATSHON STARTED THE GAME BACK IN MAY TO SUPPORT MULROONEY’S ORGANIZATION, SHIRLEY’S WAY, WHICH HELPS PEOPLE WITH CANCER PAY THEIR BILLS. >> JUST BECAUSE YOU’RE SICK, DOESN’T MEAN THE BILLS STOP. IT IS A HORRIBLE SITUATION. >> TO PLAY, YOU BUY A TICKET FOR TWO DOLLARS AND CHOOSE A NUMBER FROM THIS BOARD. AT 8:30 EVERY MONDAY NIGHT A TICKET IS RANDOMLY SELECTED. THE NUMBER ON THE TICKET IS SCRATCHED OFF. TO WIN, THE CARD UNDERNEATH MUST BE THE QUEEN OF HEARTS. >> WHEN THE CARD IS NOT THE QUEEN OF HEARTS, THE WHOLE PLACE GOES BANANAS BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE MONEY IS CARING OVER UNTIL THE NEXT MONDAY. >> AFTER MORE THAN SEVEN MONTHS WITHOUT THE QUEEN, THE POT HAS GROWN TO NEARLY $400,000. >> IS THEN UNBELIEVABLE. >> MULROONEY AND BASTON THEN ASKED THOSE PLAYING THE GAME TO ALSO BRING IN CANNED GOODS IN EXCHANGE FOR A RAFFLE TICKET. >> WE HAVE CANNED GOODS POURING OFF THE STAGE EVERY MONDAY. >> AFTER FULLY STOCKING THE LOCAL FOOD PANTRY, MULROONEY AND BASTON STARTED THEIR OWN. >> WHY NOT BE INVOLVED IN SOMETHING IN THE COMMUNITY THAT IS HELPING PEOPLE? >> THE TWO AREN’T SURE HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE FOR THE QUEEN TO REVEAL HERSELF, BUT SAY THE RESPONSE FROM THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN OVERWHELMING. >> PEOPLE WANT TO GET BACK, BUT THEY DON’T ALWAYS KNOW HOW. >> WHOEVER DOES EVENTUALLY WIN THE GAME WILL SPLIT THE MONEY WITH SHIRLEY’S WAY. THE NEXT DRAWING IS MONDAY NIGHT AT 8:30. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS UNTIL 8:

A local nonprofit is teaming up with a sports bar to raise money for people battling cancer. Every Monday night, dozens of people pack into Khalil's on Dixie Highway to play Queen of Hearts in the hopes of winning big. Mike Mulrooney and Khalil Batshon started the game in May to support Mulrooney's organization, Shirley's Way. The nonprofit helps people with cancer pay their bills. "Just because you're sick doesn't mean the bills stop. You still have to pay the mortgage or the rent or the utilities, and it's a horrible situation," Mulrooney explained. To play Queen of Hearts, a person buys a ticket for $2 and chooses a number that corresponds with one of the 54 cards on a board. At 8:30 every Monday night, one ticket is randomly selected. The number on the ticket is scratched off the board. To win, the card underneath must be the queen of hearts. "When the card is not the queen of hearts, the whole place goes bananas, because they know the money is carrying over to next Monday," Mulrooney said. After more than seven months without the queen, the pot has grown to nearly $400,000. "It's been unbelievable. I mean, I know people that want to win some money, but a lot of them are truly behind Shirley's Way," Mulrooney said. Mulrooney and Batshon then asked those playing the game to also bring in canned goods in exchange for a raffle ticket for a separate raffle item. "We literally have canned goods pouring off the stage every Monday," Mulrooney explained. The response was so great, the two fully stocked the local food pantry and started their own. "Why not be involved in something in the community that's helping people?" Batshon said. The two aren't sure how long it will take for the queen to reveal herself, but they said the response from the community has been overwhelming."People want to give back, but they don't always know how," Mulrooney said. The eventual winner will split the money with Shirley's Way.

A local nonprofit is teaming up with a sports bar to raise money for people battling cancer.

Every Monday night, dozens of people pack into Khalil's on Dixie Highway to play Queen of Hearts in the hopes of winning big.

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Mike Mulrooney and Khalil Batshon started the game in May to support Mulrooney's organization, Shirley's Way. The nonprofit helps people with cancer pay their bills.

"Just because you're sick doesn't mean the bills stop. You still have to pay the mortgage or the rent or the utilities, and it's a horrible situation," Mulrooney explained.

To play Queen of Hearts, a person buys a ticket for $2 and chooses a number that corresponds with one of the 54 cards on a board. At 8:30 every Monday night, one ticket is randomly selected. The number on the ticket is scratched off the board. To win, the card underneath must be the queen of hearts.

"When the card is not the queen of hearts, the whole place goes bananas, because they know the money is carrying over to next Monday," Mulrooney said.

After more than seven months without the queen, the pot has grown to nearly $400,000.

"It's been unbelievable. I mean, I know people that want to win some money, but a lot of them are truly behind Shirley's Way," Mulrooney said.

Mulrooney and Batshon then asked those playing the game to also bring in canned goods in exchange for a raffle ticket for a separate raffle item.

"We literally have canned goods pouring off the stage every Monday," Mulrooney explained.

The response was so great, the two fully stocked the local food pantry and started their own.

"Why not be involved in something in the community that's helping people?" Batshon said.

The two aren't sure how long it will take for the queen to reveal herself, but they said the response from the community has been overwhelming.